…at the garden centre
I was so busy looking up at the flowers on the huge fern that I almost tripped over this equally huge, but harmless, snail. I wonder if I bought him would he scare off all the slugs and snails that eat my plants, rather like a plastic heron is supposed to scare of the real thing?
This lovely meme is inspired by Helena
15th July 2013
Monday morning
I started making my list and realised it was time for A Simple Moment so my moment this month is taken up with:
Making a list of Things To Do
Paul and Ben have left for work already, just me & Peps alone for a day.
The usual street noises pervade the space around me as I have all the windows open and the wind chime in the bathroom is tinkling in the light breeze.
I have the blinds drawn and the fans on in all the upstairs rooms, it is stifling and it’s only 7.30 am. It is lovely and light (all the blinds are white) but nicely shaded against the hot morning sun.
So as not to be distracted I haven’t turned my Mac on. If I get the list done I will feel so much more in control…that’s the plan
• There is a parcel to pick up from the main Post Office
• A little shopping needed from the supermarket
• Return an item to M&S
• Order another pair of pumps. So comfortable and brightly coloured
• Get a new garage key cut ensuring that the lost one turns up
• Look for the neck strap for my strapless (?) dress
• Look for a recipe for Bang Bang Chicken that doesn’t have 20 ingredients in!
• Take the hem up on a pair of Paul’s trousers
• Make two triangles for my Summer of Colour bunting
• Finish my fabric journal. Just the pages to sew in
• Print two ‘Month in Numbers’ pages
• Edit the Sage & Sepia photos for the last week of Summer of Colour
• Start the book for Alan otherwise his birthday will have come & gone & still no book!
Blog Bits
Get some posts ready for this week:
Scavenger Hunt: Clouds
ICAD Scan and post July days
P52: Stacks or layers?? Maybe the pumps??
Summer of Colour: Sage and Sepia. I have pictures, they need editing and one printed for an ICAD
Looking up/down Just need to post
A Simple Moment Almost done
There’s another week gone. Things will slow down at the end of July when SoC and ICAD finish
Note to self
Keep calm and stay cool (in the non trendy kind of way)
A Simple Moment is inspired by Alexa over at Trimming the Sails
Edited before posting
I have accomplished 8 items on the first part of the list
Lists are so good for me.
How about you, do you make them?
Do you find them useful?
And the new pink pumps arrived today
Thank you Alexa.
This weeks colour choice is Apple Red and Yellow.
I love this colour combination, a real summer colour. The colour of apples and peaches, melons and strawberries, roses and gerbera’s, marigolds and my arum Lilly.
Honeydew melon and my new fan
Strawberry and cream
Beautiful sweet yellow fleshed peaches.
Lemon, tomato and apple apple on a red plate
Gerbra
One of very few marigolds to escape the slugs!
I was resizing the gerbras and forgot to tick the constrain proportions box and saw this…I love it!
My Arum Lily
My latest triangle to go with my Summer of Colour bunting….
And of course my index card for today.
It started life as red canvas with a pretty white spot, now it has yellow flowers attached with french knots.
It is the last week of the Summer of Colour next week, I have so enjoyed this challenge, thank you Kristin.
…in the city
We just turned the corner and saw this beautiful wall mural. I couldn’t stop looking at it. I would loved to have run my hands over it and to look at the detail.
And in the square were these fabulous glass seats. This was the only one with no-one sitting on it, until I made my picture! They were so beautifully textured. Silky soft and cool on top and rough but not sharp around the edges.
I want one!
Have a look here
This lovely meme is inspired by Helena
